Pickup day and drop-off day is this week at all our schools. Please make sure to bring library books, textbooks, technology (iPad and/or Chromebooks), and other items you need to return to school with you.

For Adler Park, Butterfield, Copeland Manor and Rockland schools, pickup and drop-off times range from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on June 5, depending on the school.

For Highland Middle School, pickup and drop-off will be from 2 to 6 p.m. on June 2, 3, or 5th, depending on the grade level.

Updated 6-1-2020 12:04 PM

HMS Dean Leaves for High School Position

Superintendent's Department

Libertyville School District 70’s Highland Middle School Dean of Students Ryan Anderson will be the new assistant principal of student services for Wauconda High School on July 1.

Anderson has served as dean of students for two years. Before Highland, Anderson taught social studies at Warren High School for seven years.

“I’m excited to move back to a high school setting, that was the plan all along,” Anderson said. “Five years ago, I never thought I’d be doing any of this. I couldn’t ask for a better staff to work with than Highland.”

While District 70’s first dean of students moved onto a principalship, the second one was a high school teacher who used the grade school administrative position to propel himself into high school administration, just like Anderson is doing.

“What I’ve really enjoyed the most is the community and the family feel of Highland,” Anderson said, adding that it will be hard to leave the professional group he has grown close to. "Students and parents are so invested in the school, this is a community that is involved. I’ve had a great experience working with families and trying to help students through the middle school years, which is tough. It was an honor for me to have an impact on those kids and help them out.”

Anderson’s accomplishments at Highland Middle School include setting up Parent Nights on current issues confronting middle school children, tweaking the Class Act program, and working with the counseling center.

While looking forward to his new school, Anderson noted he will miss the students. “My job was to find a way to connect with more than 900 students, and I did that. So, of course, I will miss them. I will miss them a lot.”

Updated 5-26-2020 9:51 AM

Link to Watch School Board Meetings Being Held Remotely During COVID-19

A special Board of Education meeting will be held remotely at 7 p.m. on June 22. The board agenda will be posted on the District 70 website under "Board" by June 18.

There are two options to participate:

Send an email to publiccomment@d70schools.org. Emails sent to this address that meet the requirements of Board Policy 2:230 will be read at the meeting. Please include your name. Messages must be sent by 5 p.m. on June 22;

Send a voice message to (847) 461-9418. Messages which meet the respect and civility requirement of Board Policy 2:230 will be played at the meeting. However, due to the space limitations of District 70’s current phone system, voice messages will have a maximum of three (3) minutes allowed. Please include your name when leaving a message. Messages must be left by 5 p.m. on June 22.

District 70 is initiating a new communication tool for the community known as Board Briefs. Board Briefs are designed to highlight important conversations and decisions made on behalf of students, families, staff, and the larger community by the District 70 School Board at each monthly School Board meeting.

Keep up with the latest D70 news by reading Board Briefs posted on our website under Board.

**The preschool screening date of April 17, 2020, is postponed until the stay-at-home order to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 is lifted by the governor of Illinois. Teachers and staff are reviewing ways all or parts of the screening may be completed remotely. Please email mtyree@d70schools.org if you are on the April 17 schedule or you would like to be added to this list for prescreening appointments.**

Screening dates for all 3-, 4- and 5-year-old children living in the District 70 boundary area are invited to a free screening that will evaluate their vision, hearing, speech, language, cognitive development. and fine and gross motor skills.

Updated 4-5-2020 4:35 PM

Congrats To Soon-To-Be Principal Feldman

Superintendent's Department

Even in these stressful times, a ray of joy shines through!

Congrats to Butterfield Assistant Principal Steve Feldman, who will be the new principal at B. J. Hooper Elementary School in Lindenhurst in July.

Mr. Feldman has served as assistant principal of Butterfield School, the largest K-5 school in District 70, for three years. Before Butterfield School, Mr. Feldman spent two years as an assistant principal and physical education teacher at Copeland Manor School.

“My family and I are extremely excited about the opportunity and I’m eager to get to work,” said Mr. Feldman, 39. “Thank you to Libertyville School District 70 as I have learned so much from the staff, students and parents. I will always hold a special place in my heart for all of you.”

Known for his willingness to pitch in and help when there is a need, connecting and joking with students, as well as being the go-to summer school leader, Mr. Feldman will be missed throughout District 70.

“It is with mixed emotions that I, on behalf of Butterfield’s community, offer Mr. Feldman congratulations,” said Butterfield Principal Dr. Candice Kehoe. “The Hooper community will be lucky to learn and grow under Mr. Feldman’s leadership, but deep down, he will always be a Bulldog.”

So happy for you, Mr. Feldman, but sorry to see you go!

Updated 3-18-2020 8:27 PM

Summer School 2020 Registration Opens May 28, June 1

Superintendent's Department

District 70 Summer School online registration for residents and non-residents already registered for summer school opens May 28 with a new course list as all classes will be held remotely. Residents and non-residents new to summer school can register June 1 on the summer school website.

A later start date was needed to accommodate possible Snow Days, which are added to the end of the school year calendar in June.

Classes in Early Childhood through first grade will dismiss at 11:30 a.m., while students in second through eighth grade will dismiss at 11:45 a.m.

Non-resident fees are being increased to help cover the cost of the program.

The Summer School Directors are (Butterfield Assistant Principal) Steve Feldman for Copeland Manor School and Elizabeth Davis (Highland Middle School Assistant Principal) for Highland Middle School. Principals on-site for Summer School at Highland Middle School will be Alder Park physical education teacher Gerry Carollo and math coach Carrie Thompson. The principal for Summer School at Copeland Manor School is to be determined.